Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: pidgin
I have always selected and pasted from pidgin to other windows. Today I
found that in the current version I'm using (1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2, on an up-
to-date ubuntu 8.04) inserts non-printing characters which look like
spaces but mess up the pasting into a shell.
For example, if you type
cat filename | awk '{print $2, $3}'
to someone in the IM (I was using AIM protocol, but I doubt it's
relevant), when they select and paste into a gnome-terminal window they
will find weird messages because the white spaces are not really white
spaces -- they have other junk.
If you paste into an emacs window you can see a bit of what went wrong:
some non-printing characters have ended up in that selected string.
** Affects: pidgin (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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selection problem in pidgin
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241167
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